[Pkg-utopia-maintainers] cockpit-files_3-1_amd64.changes REJECTED

[Thorsten Alteholz]

Hi Martin,

On 16.04.25 11:02, Martin Pitt wrote:
> Can you please expand on this a little bit?

you wrote it in the comment: the minified stuff can not be built by 
tools already in Debian and needs to download other modules.
Software in main requires this to be possible.

>   It's the same approach as with the
> already existing packages:
>
> https://sources.debian.org/src/cockpit-podman/103-1/debian/copyright/
> https://sources.debian.org/src/cockpit-machines/329-1/debian/copyright/
> https://sources.debian.org/src/cockpit/336-1/debian/copyright/

Oh, this is sad and looks like an oversight. Please move these packages 
to contrib as well.

>
> Indeed I just noticed that d/copyright is missing the Copyright attribution for
> the bundled React and PatternFly dependencies (cockpit has them), and I'll fix
> that, also in c-{machines,podman}. However, that doesn't seem to be your
> primary concern?

No, I just saw your comment and stopped further processing.

>
> The cockpit-files code as well as the bundled React and PatternFly are all free
> software,

Thats why they are allowed in contrib and can avoid non-free.

> I.e. what can I do to make this palatable for main?

All minified  files need to be created from and by stuff in main

Sorry for the bad news,
   Thorsten